Fence post



Aug.20,1935.- JOHN ON 2,011,716

' FENCE l osw Filed Nov i4, 193s IN VEN TOR Amandusjnhns an H/S ATTORNEY 1 TNESSES- Patented Aug. 20, 1935 f f A 2,011,716

This invention relates to fence posts and has for an object to provide a fence'post having improved means for connection with and holding a. wire. a

A further object of the invention is to provide a fencepost having means into which a wire may 3 be inserted and held thereby without further manipulation of either the wire or post, or any auxiliary fastening member. A further object of the invention is to provide a fence post having fingers outstanding from the surface thereof, said fingers being extended in opposite directions whereby the wire is bent to pass under the fingers and upon straightening, is held securely by said'fingers;

A further object of the invention is to provide a fence post having fingers outstanding therefrom, the parts attached to the post being substantially in normal, horizontal alignment so that the wire inserted under said fingers will rest simultaneously upon all of the fingers.

The invention, therefore, comprises a fence post of any material and of any form wherein and upon which aduncate fingers are extended outwardly and alternately upwardly and downwardly, providing seatsfor wire against the post and against the portion of the fingers extending outwardly from the post, said supporting parts being substantially in alignment of the wire.

The drawing illustrates several embodiments of the invention, and the views therein are as follows:

. fingers,

Figure 6 is a perspective view of a cast or molded post, with the fingers arranged thereon, and

shown at front elevation. v

Like characters of reference'indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

, The improved fence post which forms the subject-matter of this application may be of any transverse form and constructed of any approved or acceptable material. AtFigures 1 to inclu- Figure 7 is a view of the post seen at Figure 6,

2 Claims. (01 256-53 sive the post is indicated as being constructed of sheet material, rolled or bent into some arcuate form, as for instance, the elliptical form shown at I B, it being understood, however, that the elliptical form is only an example, and no limitation 5 upon any other form in which it is founddesirable to form the post.

It is desirable that the post at its front, that is to say, at the position of attaching the wire, shall be sufiiciently arcuate for the purposes which will be hereinafter more fully explained.

When constructed of sheet material, as indii cated, fingers ll and I2 will be struck from the material of the post by die punching from the interior, and will stand outwardly from the surface of the post, as indicated more particularly at Figure 2. The direction of the fingers II will be Opposite to that of the finger I2, and when arranged as shown at Figure 1, the fingers II will extend upwardlyand the finger I2 downwardly.

The wire I3 will be applied by being bent or looped, as indicated at I3 in dotted lines, and when the tension of the wire straightens the wire out to full line position, it will rest upon the outwardly extending parts of the fingers H and will be looped under the finger I2.

Also, the fingers II are so spaced relative to the curvature of the post that the wire will assume a curvature I3" where it passes about and along the curved face of the post, which, together with its engagement with the fingers I I, will tend to prevent longitudinal movement of the wire relative to the post.

Instead of forming the fingers II with their major axes parallel with the axis of the post, they may be set angularly relative thereto, as indicated at II in Figure 4. This form provides for a somewhat easier introduction of the wire than that shown at Figure 1, and under some conditions, will be preferable to such first described arrangement.

As shown at Figure 5, four fingers are disclosed. The remote fingers I l will have interlying fingers I5. As shown at this figure, the outer fingers I4 extend downwardly, and the intermediate fingers I5 upwardly. It is understood, of course, that this is merely one arrangement, and that the several fingers may be reversed, as found desirable.

It is obvious also that while three of the fingers have been shown at Figures 1, 2 and 4, with four fingers at Figure 5, the number of fingers may be increased or decreased, as found desirable.

The invention is also applicable to a cast or molded post, as indicated at I6, in Figures 1 and to be inserted must be bentor looped, and; 0

positioned at the ends of a chord of thearcature; purpose, but'the implement forms. no part of thefa'nd extending longitudinally along said face in present invention and isjnot' disclosed. -Any, means by which-the wire may be soiooped 'to be engagedlproperly'by the 'number andar-a rangement of the' fingers employed will be usedapproved manner. 4 j V a a Likewise, while three of these fingers are shown in the drawing, withtheremote fingers extend-l ing downwardly, andthe intermediate finger ex},-

tending upwardly, it is to be understood that they number of "fingers may be increased or decreased, 1

and their directions reversed orvaried' in any way .founddesirabldj. Y

Injall of the forms shown, however, the wire course, some implement will be provided man's;

'in the construction of the fence with such apost;

Of course the fence post herein described may j Y be modified and changed in various ways without hereinafter claimed;

1' ;I c1aim:- V I 1.;A fence post comprising adun'cate fingers exctendinglroutwardly from and' along the surface of the post, and an intervening aduncate finger extending along the surface of'the post in the direction opposite to the 'first mentioned fingers;

"with theParts attaching ,theifingers tojthe post being approximately in transverse aligninent.

1 2. A fence post having an arcuate face, fingers V r the samegdirection and another finger on said "mature" extending in a direction opposite to the first mentioned fingers. 

